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Father granted temporary custody of baby found near car accident

MIAMI (WSVN) - One day after a baby was found on the side of the road with her mother, police said, incoherent inside a car that was involved in a crash, the father of the child has been granted temporary custody.

A judge at the New Miami Children’s Courthouse decided Tuesday that the 2-month-old’s biological father should be her caretaker.

Baby Elizabeth’s mother, Magdalne Tricoche, appears to have severe drug issues, as well as a rap sheet that includes prostitution and theft. The baby was wrapped in a blanket and was held by a worker from the Department of Children and Families, during the hearing.

Tricoche was in court where it was revealed that she had cocaine and other opiates in her system.

On Monday, Tricoche and another man, who is not Elizabeth’s father, were involved in a crash in Miami. According to Miami Fire Rescue, they arrived to find both adults unconscious, and the baby was outside of the vehicle in a car seat. “The two adults, male and female, were transported to the hospital,” said Miami Fire Rescue Capt. Ignatius Carroll.